Jane Chastain is a Southern California-based broadcaster, author and political commentator. Despite her present emphasis on politics, Jane always will be remembered as the nation's first female TV sportscaster, spending 17 years on the sports beat. Jane blogs at JaneChastain.com. She is a pilot who lives on a private runway.

Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 by Jane Chastain -- Young adults have been the most enthusiastic Obama supporters. They identify with his youthful appearance. They like his personality, his style and his confidence. They liked his catchy more…

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 by Jane Chastain -- The language police have been out in force in recent months. The target du jour is the NFL team that resides in the nation's capital. They are trying more…

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 by Jane Chastain -- Woe to the GOP! Beware of a government shutdown! You will be blamed, and if you persist in challenging the president, you will lose control of the House more…

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 by Jane Chastain -- President Hillary in 2016? While some see this as inevitable, color me skeptical.
Hillary has a soft underbelly of supporting Marxist groups and sympathizers. A part of that more…

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 by Jane Chastain -- Some things are worth fighting for. Ted Cruz believes that defunding Obamacare is one of those things, and he is willing to use every means available to make more…

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 by Jane Chastain -- It is popular in some circles to draw comparisons between Obama's proposed action against Syria to Bush 43's war in Iraq. A far better example would be Clinton's more…

Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 by Jane Chastain -- Obama's message to Assad is a classic.
It is tantamount to a mom who lacks the intestinal fortitude to discipline a naughty child. Instead of simply taking care more…

Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 by Jane Chastain -- I grew up in a small town outside of Atlanta. I remember finding bullets from the Civil War in the yard of my great-grandparents home where I played more…